Boot-brush



T. A. NEELIN.

BOOT BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 34 1919.

Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

y THOMAS ADDISON NEELIN, 0F WINNIPEG, MANLTOBA, CANADA.

:Boor-BRUSH.

Specication of Letters Patent.

latented darth, 1929.

Application filed May 3, 1919. Serial No. 294,435.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that, l, THOMAS ADDisoN NEELIN, oi' the city of lVinnipeg, in the Province oi' Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Boot-Brushes, or' which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements inv boot brushes and the principal obj ect of the invention is to construct the back of an ordinary shoe brush so that provision will be made for holding a box of polish and to are range the construction suoli that one can dispense with the ordinary polish box top and keep the polish in good condition in the back of the brush.

A further object' of the invention is to provide a tray or drawer for holding the polish box thereby obviating any necessity of the user touching the polish box and soiling his hands.

A' further object is to provide a special releasable but spring pressed top as part oit the equipment of the brush back, the top being Vdesigned to close down on the boot polish box when the box holding the polish is inserted. y

With the above general objects in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 represents a side View of a boot polishing brush constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a side view of the brush with the drawer removed and the box closing top in the raised position.

Fig. 3 represents a plan view of the brush.

Fig. 4 represents an enlarged detailed cross sectional view through the back of the brush as it appears in Fig. i1.

Fig. 5 represents a plan view of the trar or drawer removed.

In the drawing like characters of reierence indicate corresponding parts in the several iigures.

1 represents the back of the brush which is provided with the usual polishing brush 2 and with the customary dauber 3. 4 is the handle of the brush which is permanently secured to the brush back such as by screws 5. rlhe body of the brush is comparatively thick and a deep cavity 7 is the ltop face of the extension.

formed therein, the cavity receiving slidably a drawer or tray 8 which is supplied with a seat 9 designed to lreceive and hold the ordinary circular boot polish box 10. The polish box preferably is held frictionally in position inthe drawer, this being accomplished by counter-sinking a hole in the bottom of the drawer which is designed to snugly receive the box (see Fig. t). rlhe drawer and polish box carried thereby are designed to slide into the opening 7 and be wholly housed therein. The iront or" the drawer is supplied with a pullout tab 11.

rlhat part of the brush back above the drawer is fitted with a circular opening l2 of greater diameter than the boot polishing box and in the opening l locate a closure top 13 which is carried by a center pin 14 extending upwardly andslidably through an extension il of the handle, it being here observed that theV said handle extension crosses the closure top in a somewhat elevated position. rPhe upper end oi' the pin is provided with a head 14 and between the head of the pin and the extension of the handle l locate a pivot buttonv 15 which is designed to ride a wearing plate 1 6 secured to the handle extension.

The handle extension is semicircular in section as shown in Fig. 4 and the wearing plate is in the nature ot' a saddle applied on The underside of the button is gouged out so that when the button is in the position shown in Fig. t it straddles the wearing plate and allows the pin to take its lowerinost position.

However, upon one turning the button to the position shown in Fig. 2 it will be obvious that the pin will be raised and will consequently lift up the closure top. A spiral spring 17 is inserted on the pin between the closure top and the handle extension, which spring has a natural tendency to force the closure top downwardly. rl`he pin, button and top are designed so that when the drawer and polish box are inserted within the top of the brush and the button is turned to the position shown in Fig. 4 the closure top will be tightly seated on the upper edge of the polish box and consequently will keep the polish in good condition as well as prevent the drawer from withdrawing.

When one wishes to use the polish he siniply turns the button to the position shown in Fig. 2, which action raises the top clear of the polish box and holds it raised and allows the drawer to be bodily withdrawn.

Obviously one does not require to touch the polish box with his hand so that the de invention which resides principally in the provision of a polish box carrying drawer in the back of the brush and a releasable closure top for closing the polish box and at the same time holding the drawer in stored position.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. The combination with the back of a boot polish brush and an open topped polish box, of a withdrawable drawer receiving the polish box and slidably mounted in the back of the brush and a releasable closure top mounted on the brush back and designed to close the top of the polish box in the closed position of the drawer.

2. The combination with the back of a boot polish brush and an open topped polish box, of a laterally withdrawable drawer mounted in the back of the brush, said drawer receiving and holding the polish box, a spring pressed closure top mounted on the back of the brush and normally engaging with and closing the top of the polish box in the closed position of the drawer and means for raising the top to clear the polish box and release the drawer.

3. The combination with the back of a boot polish brush and an open topped olish box, of a laterally withdrawable drawer mounted in the back of the brush,

said drawer receiving and holding the polish box, a spring pressed closure top mounted on the back of the brush and normally engaging with and vclosing the top of the polish box in the closed position of the drawer and a pivoted button controlling the closure top and designed in the turning of the button to raise or lower the closure The combination with the back of a polishing brush and an open topped boot polish box, of a laterally withdrawable drawer slidably mounted in the back of the brush and receiving and holding the polish box, a closure top located in the back of the brush above the inserted polish box and of greater diameter than the polish box and means for raising or lowering the top to release it from contact with or engage it with the top of the polish box.

The combination with the back of a polishing brush and an open topped boot polish box, of a laterally withdrawable drawer slidably mounted in the back of the brush and receiving and holding the polish box, a closure top located in the4 back of the brush above the inserted polish box and or greater diameter than the polish box, a stationary extension arm elevated above and crossing the closure top, a pin secured to the closure top and extending slidably through the arm, a button pivotally mounted on the upper end of the pin and riding the arm and a spiral spring inserted on the pin between the arm and the closure top, said arm and button being designed to effect in the turning of the button the 

